Category: Education
Schurmann—a renowned journalist and scholar who spoke 12 languages fluently and wrote books on China, the Vietnam war, and Nixon—was 84.
Concerns about safety around high school keeps community group up in arms.
The Los Angeles Black Underwater Explorers will head to Florida to take part in uncovering the a slave ship that crashed enroute to Cuba nearly 183 years ago.
A century after Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois debated the path to "first-class citizenship," all roads lead to the same place — frustration.
A look at how a Skid Row institution makes a difference, one life at a time.
A veteran teacher raises questions about charter schools in advance of a couple of documentaries that will examine the concept.
Sure, there would be some changes if he had it all to do over, but there are so many things he'd do again.
The life of the late Supreme Court justice offers plenty of material — and Laurence Fishburne makes the most of it in a stunning solo on the stage.
3 Will come all the way from the some of the poorest areas of the Philippines to attend the Lakers star's basketball camp.
Lake Street Park just northwest of Downtown will offer recreational activities, educational programs to youths throughout the central city; the anti-gang effort grows to 24 sites this year, with others spread around town.
The Tuskegee Airmen who broke the color line to fight in the skies during World War II were proudly known as the 'Red Tails.' Here is the tale of one of their ranks.
APALC makes them available for free in hopes of taking some of the mystery out of the naturalization process.
TV star joins in ribbon-cutting on computer lab for the homeless.
Hee Yeon Kim, who lives in the Westlake district just west of Downtown, received her appointment to the U.S. Military Academy a few weeks after another youngster from the densely packed, hardscrabble section of the city got word that he'll be going to the U.S. Naval Academy.
Comedian Kim Wayans and Oscar winner Louis Gossett, Jr., will be on hand to talk about their work as authors.
Probe had already included look at services for English learners; community pressure led to expanded effort and plans to compare schools in black and white areas of the city.
UCLA student says allowing undocumented youngsters who meet standards included in the legislation access to student loans would be a wise investment in the future.
Latino children started kindergarten with strong social and classroom skills, but those skills eroded during the middle school years, recent research found.
Jon and Sheila Duenas-Imme's "The Hidden Dream" sheds light on the plight of veterans and what history means to the younger Filipino generation; debut set for May 13 on public television station in Los Angeles.
His parents came from Michoacán, and he worked alongside them in the fields of California before getting an education, joining NASA, and making a trip to the International Space Station. He came back to earth with a new perspective on borders and a sense of obligation for future generations.
Classical musicians offer free program for children at the Watts-Willowbrook Boys & Girls Club.
Assemblies at 3 area high schools inspired by recent death of teenager in apparent alcohol-related incident; organizers ask students for pledge.
The Youth Edutainment League (YEL) is Darius Farrelly's tribute to his late father — and a fast-growing program that offers youngsters some options besides the streets when they get bored.
Study by Keck School of Medicine at USC is one of the few to focus on campus environments.
College professor's book looks at academic achievements that often go unrewarded by employment due to immigration status, makes call for passage of federal Dream Act.
Kidsdata.org will tell you some things you didn't know about the life of the children in California's communities — and leave you to decide what should be done about troubling trends.
The program provides lunchtime & after-school activities on neutral ground for at-risk youths from three public housing projects infamous for gang violence. The city's budget crunch could mean cutting eight of nine staff positions.
His life story has gone from Nickerson Gardens to the Smithsonian, with a stop at the California African American Museum in Exposition Park expected next year.
Congressional appointment has Yechan Kim ready to set sail from the Westlake district on the edge of Downtown to the U.S. Naval Academy.
Local activists plan a Downtown demonstration for the week after the upcoming action at the U.S. Capitol. They also plan to follow-up by calling local Democrats in Congress to live up to promises.
Project also calls for classrooms and labs to train youths in digital arts.
Father Gregory Boyle's longstanding work with youngsters caught in cycles of violence has been enough to fill a volume of vignettes — and all proceeds will go to the non-profit that's a centerpiece of his mission.
March 4 event will draw teachers, parents, unions, state workers and others to various sites, organizers say.
Officials initially focused on mobilization drive but have more recently been 'ramping up' methods for measuring how effective efforts have been so far.
Nothing illegal here — just a fond memory as Los Angeles County District Attorney and Republican gubernatorial hopeful Steve Cooley serves as judge and recalls his performance in the Lions Club annual contest decades ago.
College students seem to see a great deal of distance between Washington and their everyday lives and concerns on campus.
Annual summit brings word of new schools expected to offer summer and after-school "enrichment programs" to children in South Los Angeles.
Yeah, a lot of environmentally sensitive products are too pricey for regular folks, but believers say education is the first step, and he managed to take another after getting a few lessons.
The movement was an uneasy time in America and the Skirball's "Road to Freedom" is an uneasy journey — but it should be.
YWCA's plans call for residential quarters for as many as 400; organization plans to consolidate various other programs from six scattered sites to Downtown facility.
Donations rolling in despite recession, affording possibility of official opening on anniversary of March on Washington.
Latinos catching up on Internet use, with low-income immigrants accounting for a significant part of recent gains.
L.A. Teacher uses music to turn students on to math, celebrates launch of album and DVD.
$1,000 scholarship and trip to D.C. also in store for winner of annual competition, which is open to students from city's center and nearby areas.
Efren Peñaflorida's Dynamic Teen Company uses the simple vehicle and extraordinary commitment to bring basic education to the slums of Cavite.
Olympian Cullen Jones launches program to take on troubling trend of drowning among minority youth.
Gathering focuses on possibilities of jobs, contracts generated by environmentally sensitive developments and products. Participants urge community members to educate themselves, call on their representatives in seeking opportunities.
Administrators say it's time to 'do more with less;' teachers grumble that they're being asked to do 'everything with nothing.'
Retired prize fighter inaugurates the Oscar de la Hoya Ánimo Charter High School in Boyle Heights, urges students to pursue professional careers.
After going through crisis last year, the festival refuses to die in a city where the largest minority is Latino.
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